May 22, 2003	Thursday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 19,1424

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PPP says it will not release document on LFO ISLAMABAD, May 21: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has decided not to make public its recommendations submitted to the speaker of National Assembly and chairman of 11-member government-opposition committee on controversial Legal...		World’s 46pc illiterates live in South Asia ISLAMABAD, May 21: Literacy is a great freedom, while illiteracy means dependence on other people, said eminent educationist Sir John Daniel from Unesco on Wednesday....
Media barred from covering president’s speech ISLAMABAD, May 21: The government on Monday decided not to invite journalists working with newspapers to cover the President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s speech at the Saarc Education Ministers’ Conference....		Clerks threaten sit-in to press for demands RAWALPINDI, May 21: A large number of members of the All- Pakistan Clerks Association held a protest demonstration here on Wednesday against non-acceptance of their 13-point charter of demands by the...
Screening of passengers at airports under consideration: Yellow fever ISLAMABAD, May 21: The government is contemplating to put in place strict scrutiny measures at the airports on the arrival of international passengers from the countries, falling in the yellow fever...		Govt, NGO sign accord on teachers’ training ISLAMABAD, May 21: The federal directorate of education has signed an agreement with an NGO for the capacity building of its teachers in life skills with special focus on emotional health...
Turkish FM wants speedy resolution of Kashmir issue ISLAMABAD, May 21: Hailing peace moves by Pakistan and India for peace in South Asia, Turkey on Wednesday expressed the hope that a speedy resolution of the long-running Kashmir dispute would...		Documents be filed with affidavit, says AJK CJ MUZAFFARABAD, May 21: Chief Justice Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani of the AJK High Court on Wednesday directed the court officials not to accept any comments, written statements or objections on behalf...
PML-N refuses to accept LFO: Recommendations submitted to committee ISLAMABAD, May 21: The PML-N told the government-opposition committee on the Legal Framework Order on Wednesday that the LFO was not and could not be accepted as part of the Constitution....		Petitioner’s heirs to get Rs10m, SC told ISLAMABAD, May 21: Sindh Additional Advocate-General Suleman Habibullah informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that Rs10 million would soon be paid to the legal heirs of a deceased petitioner....
Women MPAs demand role in decision making QUETTA, May 21: Women members of the Balochistan Assembly belonging to the PML-Q have demanded representation in the decision and policy-making institutions of the province so that they could play their...		Rashid says he will not meet Shahbaz NEW YORK, May 21: Information Minister Shaikh Rashid said on Tuesday that he would not meet Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) president Shahbaz Sharif during his New York visit, asserting: “I have...
Traders want border with China opened GILGIT, May 21: The traders dealing in imports and exports through the Pakistan and China border threatened on Thursday to start a long march towards Sost checkpost if the border opening...		Riaz Khan unlikely to be made HC to India ISLAMABAD, May 21: Senior diplomat Riaz Mohammad Khan is unlikely to be appointed Pakistan’s high commissioner to India, official sources told Dawn on Wednesday....
3 Hizb activists arrested RAWALPINDI, May 21: Three activists of Hizbul Mujahideen were arrested in on late Wednesday night raids in Rawalpindi, an official told Dawn....		Pakistani to script Taj Mahal film NEW DELHI, May 21: Top Hollywood studio Warner Brothers plans to make a movie on the fabled Taj Mahal and the legendary love story of Emperor Shahjahan and Queen Mumtaz Mahal,...
Gwadar port to change fate of region: PM GWADAR, May 21: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Wednesday that the development of the deep-sea Gwadar Port was a link between East and West that would change the...		Contract jobs in health sector opposed PESHAWAR, May 21: Speakers at a seminar here urged the government to do away with the policy of contract employment in the health and education sectors, and establish medical and women...
Confusion over liquor licences cancellations PESHAWAR, May 21: The announcement last week by the NWFP government cancelling liquor licences appears to have hit legal and constitutional snags....		Electricity supply to township demanded KOHAT, May 21: The residents of KDA township have demanded of the government to start power supply to the phase-II so that those who have plots in the area could begin...
Takbeer Day on 28th PESHAWAR, May 21: The Pakistan Muslim League-N will hold seminars and conventions on May 28 in the province to observe the Youm-i-Takbeer, a press release said here on Wednesday....		Office-bearers elected MINGORA, May 21: All office-bearers of the All Private Schools Association, Swat district, have been elected unopposed for a two-year term....
Power extension project launched PESHAWAR, May 21: The NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah  on Tuesday launched an electricity extension project in the Mohmand Agency, which would provide electricity to the Khowizai and Baizai areas...		Anti-poppy drive begins GILGIT, May 21: The law enforcement agencies have launched a drive to eradicate the poppy crop in Darel and Tangeer in Diamer district, officials said....
NWFP Assembly to meet on 26th PESHAWAR, May 21: The NWFP government has decided to convene the provincial assembly session on May 26 for legislation on some of the issues promised by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal during its...		Better education promised PESHAWAR, May 21: The NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Wednesday said that the government was trying to improve the quality of education, specially in the tribal areas, bringing it...
Strike observed to press for gas, water supply KHAIRPUR, May 21: A large number of residents of Chondiko, Nara Taluka, observed a shutter-down strike and held a protest demonstration in Chondiko on Wednesday against the authorities concerned for not...		40 faint on eating poisonous rice JACOBABAD, May 21: At least 40 people, mostly women and children, all residents of the Baloch Colony, fell unconscious when they ate poisonous rice here on Wednesday....
Two sisters shot dead DADU, May 21: Two sisters were shot dead by ten armed men over an old enmity in the Khairpur Nathan Shah taluka on Tuesday night....		MPAs form group LARKANA, May 21: Sultan Ahmed Khuhawar, MPA from Shahdadkot, who has formed a ‘Khidmat group of MPAs’ in Sindh, said soon more MPAs will join this group....
SAB disputes minister’s claim of water availability HYDERABAD, May 21: The Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) has expressed surprise over the claim of the federal minister for water and power that sufficient water was available in rivers and that...		20 train robbers held SUKKUR, May 21: At least 20 train robbers involved in looting the Seven-up Tezgam near the Mando Dero Railway Station were arrested by the Sukkur police, said the DPO, Sukkur, Ghulam...
2 FC men, driver kidnapped SUKKUR, May 21: A gang of armed men kidnapped two Frontier Constabulary personnel — Mir Baz Khan and Shah Nawaz — and a trailer driver, Sultan, from a section of the...		Sanitary workers observe strike NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, May 21: A large number of sanitary workers here on Wednesday observed token hunger strike outside the local press club against non-payment of their dues....
Three cops arrested LARKANA, May 21: Three police constables of the Shahdadkot police station — Gada Hussain Bhatti, Nazeer Hussain Lashari and Abdul Sattar Chandio — were arrested on Wednesday for killing a peasant,...		Girls’ hostel lacks facilities NAWABSHAH, May 21: Women house officers of the People’s Medical College Hospital, Nawabshah, living in the bachelor’s hostel for girls, are facing problems due to lack of facilities and the dilapidated...
Azhar out to support opposition’s demands LAHORE, May 21: Mian Muhammad Azhar, a former president of the ruling PML-Q, came out of his five-month political dormancy on Wednesday by calling on ARD President Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, and...		PPP to continue struggle for democracy LAHORE, May 21: The PPP leaders on Wednesday vowed to continue struggle for the supremacy of parliament and democracy without succumbing to the pressure tactics allegedly being applied by the armed...
Woman gets bail in blasphemy case LAHORE, May 21: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday granted bail to a widow in a blasphemy case and directed her to furnish bail bonds worth Rs50,000 along with a personal...		Punjab may meet revised target today LAHORE, May 21: The Punjab government is likely to achieve its revised procurement target of 2.5 million tons by Thursday (today) but the food department would keep buying wheat to avoid...
Girl found dead in Children’s Hospital LAHORE, May 21: A mentally retarded minor girl was found dead with telltale signs of rape on the premises of the Children’s Hospital here on Wednesday....		PMDC grants recognition to UHS LAHORE, May 21: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has granted recognition to the University of Health Sciences....
AIMC students reject affiliation LAHORE, May 21: The Allama Iqbal Medical College students on Wednesday demonstrated in front of the press club against the college’s compulsory affiliation with the University of Health Sciences and raise...		Problems of low-paid workers to be resolved LAHORE, May 21: Four provincial ministers announced here on Wednesday that the government would resolve maximum problems of its low paid officials....
Regional cooperation held hostage by India, Pakistan LAHORE, May 21: Regional cooperation process in South Asian has been held hostage by India and Pakistan....		Five killed, 20 hurt in bus-coaster collision GUJRANWALA, May 21: Five people were killed while 20 others grievously injured in a collision between a coaster and a bus near Kamoke on Wednesday night....
DPSC principal resigns DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 21: The principal of Divisional Public School & College (DPSC) has resigned just two months after assuming charge of his office....		Man, two sons shot dead by rivals GUJRANWALA, May 21: Three members of a family were shot dead and as many sustained serious injuries on Wednesday when their rivals fired on them over an engagement issue in Bhri...
PML-N leaders pledge to fight for democracy FAISALABAD, May 21: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) warned the government on Wednesday that it would invite public anger, if it tried to remove the country’s democratic set-up for vested interests....		Post-mortem of tenant conducted MULTAN, May 21: A medical board, constituted on the orders of the Okara district and sessions judge, conducted post-mortem of the military farms’ tenant after exhuming his body on Wednesday....